U.S. and Canada

For Ramarley Graham: ‘We will not be silenced’

New York — “We will not be silent and we will not be silenced!” was the theme of the Dec. 8…

December 16, 2012

Memory of Black Panther Party leaders honored

Chicago — On the 43rd anniversary of the cop massacre of Black Panther Party leaders Chairman Fred Hampton Sr. and Defense…

December 16, 2012

Community award to Rosa Maria de la Torre

Rosa Maria de la Torre, program coordinator of the Chelsea Housing Group at Hudson Guild in New York City since…

December 16, 2012

Walmart blamed in Bangladesh fire

People protesting the horrific factory fire that last month killed at least 112 garment workers in Bangladesh held a rally…

December 16, 2012

A real answer to police terror

  Excerpts from a talk given by Sharon Black, a national Workers World Party organizer and representative of the Baltimore…

December 14, 2012

Justice for Baltimore community

  Excerpts from a talk given by the Rev. C.D. Witherspoon, from Baltimore, at the Workers World Party Nov. 17-18…

December 14, 2012

Activists in N.C. confront right-wing challenge

  Excerpts from a talk given by Yen Alcala, Occupy Charlotte activist, at the Workers World Party Nov. 17-18 conference…

December 14, 2012

We need a moratorium on foreclosures, evictions

  Excerpts from a talk given by Mike Shane, from the Detroit branch of Workers World Party, at the WWP…

December 14, 2012

‘Scottsboro Boys’: A 1931 case of legal lynching revisited

The documentary film, “The Central Park 5,” is showing in theaters here even as a federal civil rights lawsuit regarding…

December 14, 2012

‘The Central Park Five’: The racist hate crime that continues

A racist hate crime of sensational proportions has been allowed to fester since 1989. It must be addressed and the…

December 14, 2012